‘Fight Club’ celebrates 25 years with 4K remaster and theatrical re-release

It’s time to talk about it Fight club.

This month marks the 25th anniversary of David Fincher’s influential film arriving in theaters, and to celebrate, the filmmaker is overseeing a new 4K Ultra HD remaster of the film from New Regency and 20th Century Fox. Fincher is also planning a theatrical re-release early next year, although details – like the date or number of theaters – are being kept under wraps.

Additionally, Fincher will release a 25th anniversary art book, featuring new interviews, rare behind-the-scenes material, and unearthed visuals. The book arrives via Insight Editions and New Regency.

Fight club was considered a box office disappointment, grossing $100 million, but it quickly became a cult hit. This helped cement Fincher as the defining director of his generation and helped 1999 become considered one of the great years in cinema history.

The film starred Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter and was based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk, telling the story of a disaffected white-collar worker (Norton) whose life changes when he meets Tyler Durden (Pitt) , featuring it. on the path to anarchy.

In the original Hollywood Reporter review, critic Patrick Z. McGavin wrote: “Fight club has the main conditions for success: a commercially proven director, big-name stars, cutting-edge material to attract young audiences and the inevitable controversy engendered by the subject matter. But its appeal is as limited as the film is muddled, and the film is sure to polarize critics and audiences.